America during the Clinton Administration
America during the Clinton Administration
Learning Objectives
- Identify Clinton’s top priorities as an incoming president. Explain which of these programs were successful. Discuss the reasons that others were not passed by Congress. Summarize the arguments and methods of those who supported and opposed the Clinton health care plan.
- Summarize the “Contract with America” and its impact on US history. Explain the main objectives of Republican leaders such as Newt Gingrich and the arguments for and against their leading proposals.
- Explain the issues of the 1996 presidential election and why Clinton was able to defeat his Republican opponent just two years after the Republicans swept Congress. Explain how Newt Gingrich and the Republicans lost the initiative and how Clinton was able to retain high public approval ratings during his second term even in the wake of scandal.
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